3:27 PM,
Mar. 14, 2014

The Wood County Veterans Memorial outside the Wood County Courthouse in Wisconsin Rapids will be expanded later this year.

Written by

Nancy Quick
For News-Herald Media

Expansion of the veterans memorial site in front of the Wood County Courthouse will begin this year with a $2,200 grant through Incourage Community Foundation. The Wood County Veterans Memorial Committee is planning the expansion.

"We're pleased to support this grassroots group in their efforts to bring people together to honor our veterans through this memorial," said Dawn Vruwink, Incourage Community Foundation.

The money will be used for landscaping the area west of the original site, which will provide people with an opportunity to visit, renew old friendships and make new ones by ...